PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Theory and Practice of Translation

ORCID: 0009-0001-9298-1250

Philologist and educator with over 15 years of experience in translation and interpreting (English, German, Ukrainian). Research interests include translation strategies for parenthetical units, the translation of English compound adjectives, legal terminology, and neologisms in modern linguistics.

CAREER

• 2014 – present: Associate Professor, Department of Theory and Practice of Translation, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University
• 2021 – present: Project Manager, Translator and Copywriter, Reva Foundation (charitable cultural fund)
• Guide-Interpreter: project management and interpreting for the private sector and international delegations (International Maritime Organization, International Labour Organization, Parliamentary Delegation of the Republic of Austria)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

• PhD in Germanic Languages, 2013
• MA in English Philology, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University, 2004

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Bezpalova, K., Chernova, Yu., & Kim, D. (2025). Rendering the Independent Participle Construction in Ukrainian Translation of Literary Texts: Grammatical Challenge and Stylistic Solution. Folium, (7), 43–48. DOI: 10.32782/folium/2025.7.6 (Category B)
2. Bezpalova, K. V., & Grynko, O. S. (2025). English Compound Adjectives as a Translation Challenge: Ukrainian Context. Slobozhanskyi naukovyi visnyk. Philology, Issue 11, 7–11. DOI: 10.32782/philspu/2025.11.1 (Category B)
3. Bezpalova, K. V., Rayevska, I. V., & Chernova, Yu. A. (2025). Translation Strategies for Reproducing Semantico-Pragmatic Specifics of Parenthetical Units in Literary Translation. Scientific Herald of the International Humanitarian University. Philology, Issue 75, 176–180. (Category B) URL: http://vestnik-philology.mgu.od.ua/archive/v75/37.pdf
4. Bezpalova, K. V., & Kovalenko, O. V. (2024). Neologisms in Modern Ukrainian Linguistics: Definition, Classification, Translation. Zapiski z romano-germanskoi filologii, Issue 2 (53), 15–30. (Category B) URL: https://dspace.onu.edu.ua/items/3d867d85-d36a-4233-bbc0-efb32c5117e2

TEACHING MATERIALS

1. Matuzkova, O. P., Bezpalova, K. V., & Semenova, O. Yu. (2021). Translation as a Profession: Professional Competencies, Values, Challenges: Guidelines for Master's Students. Odesa: Bukaiev Vadym Viktorovych, 31 p. URL: https://onu.edu.ua/pub/bank/userfiles/files/rgf/theory_practice_translate/MetodichniVidania/MU_Pereklad_yak_profesiia.pdf

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

Interpreter, translator and guide-interpreter with over 15 years of experience. Selected assignments:

• OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission, presidential and parliamentary elections in Ukraine (2019)
• Visit of the UN Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine (2022)
• Meetings with Odesa regional leadership during NATO exercises (2021)
• Visit of historian and author Anne Applebaum to Odesa
• Full-scale invasion anniversary event at the BBC studio in London
• Written translation: legal documents (English, German), website localization, literary and journalistic texts, research articles for indexed journals

GUIDED TOURS

• Organization, project management and interpreting of guided tours for delegations of the International Maritime Organization, the International Labour Organization and the Parliament of the Republic of Austria
• Accompanying and interpreting for official delegations during Odesa City Day events
• Guided tours for private clients
• Certified tour guide (Tudo-Syudoy School of Guides and Local Historians, 2017, 150 hours)